Shade holder



Oct. 28,1930. LEVY I 7 ,741

' SHADE HOLDER Filed June a, 1929 ATTORNEY shades, globes, and the like, from sheet metal lever beingin position to disengage the shade Fatentecl Oct. 28, 1936 UNITED. STATES PATE-NTFOVFFICE IsAAo LEVY, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, vassrsrivoa T0 METRoroLI'iJANcoL MBIAMFG. v 00., 11m; A CORPORATION oF'NEw YORK, 1

SHADE HOL ER- Application filed June 8,

The present, invention relates to shade holders of the type employed in supporting supports.

The presentinvention contemplates an improved form of shade holder made entirely out of stamped parts and capable of easy manipulation to secure or release a shade or globe. The structure contemplated by the present invention is one which is capable of inexpensive manufacture and easy assembly and which operates efficiently to holdv the shade orfglobe in place. It is preferably characterized by an absence of threaded or tapped parts.

More specifically, the invention contemplates the employment of a member adapted to be swung on a vertical axis to place a shade supporting finger in position to support the shade or to place it in the position to permit lowering the shade. This swinging member is securely held in shade supporting position due tothe shape given the parts and their resiliency. V

Another object of the invention is toprovide a shade holder capable of inexpensive construction which compensates for variations in size of shade. g The accompanying drawings show, for purposes of illustrating the present invention,

'one of the many. possible embodiments in which it may. take form, together with a slightly modifiedoform of construction, it being understood thatthe drawings are illustrative ofthe invention rather than limiting the same.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a shade supported in a shade holder;

Figure 2 is-asectional view taken on the line 22 ofFigure 1, the shade engaging Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view similar to Figure 2 showing the adjustableshade engaging-lever in full lines in shade engaging position and in dotted lines in the shade disengaging position;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevational view of a fixed shade engaging device; and

Figure 5 is a sectlonal view taken approxi- 1929'..- Serial naeeaa zs.

mately on the line 5 5 of but showlng a slightly modified form of'construction.

ing shade receiving skirt 11 of the proper size to receive the lip or bead 12 of a shade. It is customary to support shades of'thi's type at three points,'two of which may be fixed or relatively fixed, while thethird point of support is adjustable so as to release theshade. As indicated in Figures 2 and 4, the substantially fixed shade engagingdevices. are shown at 18, 13 in the form ofstrips of sheet metal. These strips are of considerably heavier gaugethan that of the metal employed in the body 10. The strips are riveted or otherwise secured to the: skirt as indicated at l l. These shade engaging membershave portions indicated. at l5 which are spaced some distance inside the skirt. The free ends 16 of these members are normally spaceda slight distance from the skirt of the shade supporting body. These comparatively stiif strips are adapted to enter'in underneath the bead or lip of the shade or other device and will afford two points of suspension. They are somewhat resilient, however, and are capable of being bent to accommodate shades of different sizes. They arenormally manu- Inthese drawings, a sheet metaljbd y or Y facturedto be spaced to accommodate the tions 21 and 22 at substantially right angles to one another. This lever passes through a vertical slot 23 in the skirt 11"of thefixture canopy. The member 20 has as here shown upwardly and downwardly extending pin tlesor bearing-forming'extensions 24L and 25 which rest aga'instthe inner surface of the skirt of the fixture canopy. These extensions or pintles act asbearings and-prevent the member 20 from passing entirely through the slot-23.- k 7 The shade receiving skirt also carries a comparatively stiff bridging member 26 riveted at itsends to the skirt as indicated at 27. This bridging member in the form swinging lever in position,

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shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 has a centrally located slot 28 considerably larger than the opening 23 in the shade receiving skirt. This slot is adapted to accommodate the inner end 22 of the swinging lever 20. The width of the pintles 24 is preferably made somewhat greater than the normal space between the skirt 11 and the bridging member 26. By making the pintles in this manner, it will be apparent that either the bridging member or the shade receiving skirtor both of these parts will be sprung or flexed somewhat out of its normal position when the lever is swung to the shade receiving position, and that when the leveris moved to the shade disengaging position the parts will spring toward one another. This flexing of the parts is indicated by the dotted and full line positions of parts shown in Figure 3. The pintles are cut at an angle'as indicated so that there is aslight over-the-center move'ment'of the parts, when the portion of the lever 21 is adjacent the outside of the skirt. This 'over-the-center movement insures that the resiliency of the parts will hold the lever in shade engaging position. The bridging member '26 is sufficiently close to'the skirt ofthe fixture body so asfnot' to interfere with the lowering of the shade when'lt 1s disengaged and as'will be apparent from Figure 3, the inner end 22 of the lever will be housed within the slot 28 when in shade disengaging "position;

In the modified form of construction shown in Figure 5, thelever 30 is made very [much the same as the lever previously described; The bridging member, however, as

indicated at '31 is merely astrap placed underneath the shade supporting lever 30. This swinging lever 30 has a downwardly extending bearing forming extension 32 carried between the bridging member 31 and the skirt of the fixture canopy, preferably adapted to c entire assemblage of the parts shown in Figure 3 may be held together by riveting or soldering the bridging member to the shade receiving skirt and this operation holds the The lever is small and inconspicuous when the fixture is hung, but is, however, readily accessible for disengaging the shade.

i It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in many forms and constructions within the scope of the claims, and I wish it to be understood that theparticular form and modification shown are'lbut a few of the Various modifications and changes being possible, I do not otherwise limit myself in any way with respect thereto.

I claim:

1. A shade holder comprising a sheet metal body having a downwardly extending, shadereceiving skirt, the skirt having an opening therein,"a bridging member secured tothe skirt on oppositesides ofthe opening and adjacent the inside of the skirt so as to mit insertion or removalof the, shade with: out interference, and a swinging "shade supporting lever passing through the opening, theouter end of the lever being accessible for swinging the inner end of the lever into or out of shade engaging position, the lever having a bearing forming extension intertion. I

2; A shade holder as. claimed in claim 1',

wherein the bridging-member isunderneath the leverand the upper inner end ofthe lever is provided: with a curved surface to engage the shade. f

3. A shade holder comprising a sheet metal body having a downwardly extending, shadereceiving skirt, the skirt having a vertical slot therein, a bridgingv member secured to the skirt on opposite sides of the opening and adjacent the inside of the skirt so as to permit insertion or removal ofthe shade'wijthout interference, and a swinging sheet metal shade supporting lever passing through the slot, the sheet metal lever being bent to form an outer end which is accessiblefor swinging the inner end into or out of shade engaging position, the lever having a bearing forming extension interposed between the bridging member and the skirt forholding the swinging lever in position. v I Y 4;. A shade holder comprising a sheet metal body having a downwardly extending, shade-receiving skirt, the skirtvhaving an opening therein, a bridging member secured to the skirt on opposite'sides of the opening and adjacent the inside of the skirt so as to permit insertion or removal of the shade without interference, and a swinging shade supporting lever passing through'the opening, the outer end of the lever being accesisible for swinging the inner end of the lever into or out of shade engaging position, the lever having a non-circular, bearing-forming extension interposed between the bridging member and'the skirt for holding the swinging lever in position, the bearing-forms ing extension flexing the sheet metal parts when the lever is shifted from one position to the other so that the leveris held in the position to which it is shifted.

5. A shade holder comprising a sheet m'etalbody having a downwardly extending, shade-receiving skirt, the skirt having an opening therein, a bridging member secured to the skirt on opposite sides of the open ing and adjacent'the inside'of the skirt so peras to permit insertion orremovalof the shade without interference, and a swinging shade supporting lever passing through the opening, the outer end of the lever being accessible for swinging the inner end of the lever into or out of shade engaging position, the

inner end of the lever, when in shade disshade without interference, the bridgingmember having a larger slot opposite the slot in the skirt, and a swinging sheet metal shade supporting lever passing through the slot in the skirt, the outer end of the lever being accessible for swinging the inner end of the lever into or out of shade engaging position, the lever having a bearing forming extensions interposed between the bridging member and the skirt for holding the a swinging lever in position, the inner end of the lever when in the shade disengaging po sition being accommodated by the opening in the bridging member.

7. A shade holder comprising a sheet metal body having a depending skirt to receive a shade lip, the skirt having a, vertical slot, an apertured bridging member secured to the inside of the skirt on opposite sides of the slot, and spaced closely to the skirt, and a swinging shade supporting lever passing through the slot and the aperture in the bridging member, the lever having extensions between the bridging member and skirt 4 acting as bearing pintles for the lever.

8. A shade holder comprising a member having a sheet metal skirt to receive a shade lip, a bent shade supporting lever passing through a slot in the skirt and. having an outer grip portion disposed adjacent the skirt when the inner end of the lever is in shade supporting position and moved away from the skirt to release the shade, the lever having a bearing forming extension, and a sheet metal bridging strip carried by the skirt and bearing on the extension, the extension being non-circular to flex the sheet metal parts when the lever is shifted, the

lever being thereby held in position to which it is shifted.

ISAAC LEVY. 

